How to become a motor vehicle spray painter
Official title: Motor vehicle spray painter
Also called: Automobile painter, Automobile painter (motor vehicle assembly), Automobile repair painter, Car painter, Motor vehicle body repainter, Motor vehicle painter, Motorcycle painter, Spray painter (motor vehicle assembly), Automobile repair painter, Motorcycle painter
Motor vehicle spray painter paints automotive vehicles such as automobiles, buses and trucks. He/she removes paint from vehicle or damaged parts using paint solvent and scraper, applies base coating and rubs it down to smooth surface.
Main tasks
- Preparing surfaces to be coated using a variety of methods to remove grease, dirt and rust
- Painting cars, buses, trucks and other vehicles, and applying varnish and other protective coatings
Ways in
- Apprenticeship: Work-study diploma. Related ITE work-study diplomas: Work-Study Diploma in Land Transport Engineering (Vehicle). You are employed by a company and study at ITE at the same time. Peernovo matched these from course names.
- Polytechnic or ITE: ITE course (Nitec or Higher Nitec). Related ITE courses: Higher Nitec in Automotive Engineering; Technical Engineer Diploma in Automotive Engineering. Peernovo matched these from course names; ITE does not publish which jobs each course leads to.
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
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- Structural steel/Ship painter
- Spray painter (excluding ships and motor vehicles)
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- Building maintenance worker
- Building structure cleaner and related worker
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Questions people ask
How do I become a motor vehicle spray painter?
Ways in include: ITE course (Nitec or Higher Nitec); Work-study diploma.
Will AI change the work of a motor vehicle spray painter?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026